Phagwara/Mansa, Dharampreet Singh, 21, hailing from Khotran village in Banga, was shot dead by robbers who struck at a gas station near San Francisco, US, on Tuesday. He was studying law. A day earlier, on November 13, young Buta Singh of Mal Singh Wala village in Budhlada, Mansa, was waylaidRead More

Chandigarh, November 15: British artist and author has joined the campaign to mobilise support for release of British resident Jagtar Singh Johal arrested by the Punjab Police in the case of killing of Hindu and other leaders. She has tweeted: u.k. citizen jagtar singh—an activist vocal about human rights abuses—wasRead More

Chandigarh, November 15 Lambasting AAP leader Kanwar Sandhu for casting doubts over the arrest of a UK national in the targeted killing cases, Punjab Power and Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit has accused him of strong personal and financial motivation for coming to the defence of an accused charged with militantRead More

Chandigarh, November 15 (PunjabUpdate.Com)- Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has lashed out at Akali MP Prem Singh Chandumajra for making baseless and frivolous allegations of an attempted secret pact with Haryana on the SYL issue, saying the matter was in the apex court and there was no question ofRead More

Chandigarh, November 15: British MP Tanmanjit Singh Dhesi has called upon British High Commission to intervene in the case of arrest of British national Jagtar Singh Johal by Punjab police in cases of political killings in the state during the last about two years. He has tweeted: Distressing to hearRead More

Chandigarh, November 15  -In a major step towards curbing stubble burning, the Punjab government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chennai-based company to set up 400 processing plants for converting paddy straw into bio energy in the state. The plants will become operational before the next paddyRead More

Chandigrah, November 15 Irrigation and Power Minister Rana Gurjeet Singh today asked the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal not to try to outsource the solutions to his own problems. Reacting to Mr. Kejriwal’s attempts to put the blame of pollution in Delhi on the states of Punjab and Haryana, RanaRead More

Chandigarh/15 November – The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president S. Sukhbir Singh Badal today announced new party structure while making a few changes into the SAD office-bearers in order to infuse a new energy in the party’s rank and file. Disclosing here, SAD president said that five time Chief MinisterRead More

Geneva- Blaming that torture is practiced systematically in police stations and interrogation centres throughout Punjab, the European chapter of the Dal Khalsa today strongly condemned the state police for inflicting torture on Scottish citizen Jagtar Singh Johal, who is in police detention. Dal Khalsa overseas secretary for human rights PrithpalRead More

Chandigarh, November 14 The MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party and Lok Insaaf Party Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Simarjeet Singh Bains, Aman Arora, Balwinder Singh Bains and Kanwar Sandhu on Tuesday hold a peaceful symbolic protest in front of Punjab Civil Secretariat asking Punjab government to implement the resolution passed by PunjabRead More